POLYTECH board approves September financial report, overnight travel and personnel actions

The POLYTECH School District Board of Education met Oct. 7, 2025, and unanimously approved the amended agenda, the minutes of Sept. 9, 2025 and the district financial reports through Sept. 30, 2025. Nicholas Johnson, the district finance official, told trustees that the district had collected just over $19.7 million in revenue year-to-date compared with $18.1 million at the same point last year and that total expenditures and encumbrances were approximately $8.2 million versus $7.8 million last year, driven largely by statewide salary increases that affected the State Formula Salary and OEC line items.

Board members approved overnight travel for student wrestlers and accompanying staff for two invitationals: the Delcastle Wrestling Invitational (Jan. 9–10, 2026) and the State Wrestling Tournament (Feb. 27–28, 2026). The travel requests were presented by Dr. Kevin Dickerson and approved on a motion by Cynthia Brown, seconded by Sen. Nancy Cook.

On personnel matters, Dr. Dickerson asked the board to accept the resignation of Jeffrey Aubourg (Child Nutrition Worker, 5 hours) effective Oct. 9, 2025 and the retirement of Maryanne Grau (ABE/ESL Coordinator) effective Feb. 2, 2026; the board approved the employment-status motion with a roll-call vote recording all seven trustees as Yes (Duane Hammond, Cynthia Brown, Reginald Chandler, Nancy Cook, Carolyn Forbes, Deanna Rigby, Sandy Walls). The board also approved a slate of part-time hires and volunteer coaches as listed in the minutes. Names in the personnel table appear in the original minutes as recorded (see clarifying details for notes on formatting). All motions recorded in the minutes passed unanimously.

The meeting adjourned at 7:04 p.m. The board set its next regular meeting for Nov. 12, 2025 (executive session 5:30 p.m.; open session 6:30 p.m.).